function timer_start in Drupal 6

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 4 includes/bootstrap.inc \timer_start()
2. 5 includes/bootstrap.inc \timer_start()
3. 7 includes/bootstrap.inc \timer_start()

Start the timer with the specified name. If you start and stop the same timer multiple times, the measured intervals will be accumulated.

Parameters

name: The name of the timer.

3 calls to timer_start()

drupal_http_request in includes/common.inc

Perform an HTTP request.

_batch_process in includes/batch.inc

Advance batch processing for 1 second (or process the whole batch if it was not set for progressive execution - e.g forms submitted by drupal_execute).

_drupal_bootstrap in includes/bootstrap.inc

File

includes/bootstrap.inc, line 229

Functions that need to be loaded on every Drupal request.

Code

function timer_start($name) {
  global $timers;
  list($usec, $sec) = explode(' ', microtime());
  $timers[$name]['start'] = (double) $usec + (double) $sec;
  $timers[$name]['count'] = isset($timers[$name]['count']) ? ++$timers[$name]['count'] : 1;
}